187680 Stelck

Summary

187680 Stelck is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 187680 Stelck is credited with the discovery of Andrew Lowe^[3].
• 187680 Stelck's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 187680 Stelck's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as RAS (Remote Astronomical Society) Observatory of New Mexico^[5].
• Charles R. Stelck is named after 187680 Stelck^[6].
• 187680 Stelck's follows is recorded as 187679 Folinsbee^[7].
• 187680 Stelck's followed by is recorded as (187681) 2008 DP11^[8].
• 187680 Stelck's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 187680 Stelck's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 187680 Stelck's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 FL124^[11].
• 187680 Stelck's provisional designation is recorded as 2008 DE5^[12].
• 187680 Stelck's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2008-02-28T00:00:00Z^[13].
• 187680 Stelck's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20187680^[14].
• 187680 Stelck's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 187680 Stelck's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.15'}^[16].
• 187680 Stelck's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.1527816152090339'}^[17].
• 187680 Stelck's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.0'}^[18].
• 187680 Stelck's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+17.16'}^[19].
• 187680 Stelck's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.5'}^[20].
• 187680 Stelck's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+5.516857173833953'}^[21].
• 187680 Stelck's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1220.474658376214'}^[22].
• 187680 Stelck's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+94.2'}^[23].
• 187680 Stelck's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+94.10404578857447'}^[24].
• 187680 Stelck's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.23504819779229'}^[25].
• 187680 Stelck's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+2.576522471521037'}^[26].
• 187680 Stelck's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.893573924063544'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

187680 Stelck's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Charles R. Stelck is named after 187680 Stelck^[6].

Why It Matters

187680 Stelck ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]